שְׁאֵר

shᵉʼêr · Hebrew · Strong's H7607 · 16 occurrences

The KJV renders 10 different Hebrew and Greek words as “body”

What it means

flesh (as swelling out), as living or forfood; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood

from H7604 (שָׁאַר);

How the KJV renders it

body, flesh, food, kinsman, swoman, near

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“body”

also renders tìs (G5100), sōma (G4983), chrṓs (G5559), bâsâr (H1320), gûwphâh (H1480), geshem (H1655), nidneh (H5085), nephesh (H5315), ʻetsem (H6106)

“food”

also renders brōsis (G1035), diatrophḗ (G1305), trophḗ (G5160), ʼôkel (H400), bûwl (H944), lechem (H3899), maʼăkâl (H3978), makkôleth (H4361), tsayid (H6718)

“flesh”

also renders kréas (G2907), sárx (G4561), bᵉshar (H1321), ṭibchâh (H2878)

“near”

also renders engýs (G1451), anankaîos (G316), plēsíon (G4139), qârôwb (H7138)

“kinsman”

also renders yâdaʻ (H3045)

Where it appears

16 occurrences in the Hebrew text.

Exodus 21:10 HNcmsc/Sp3fsJeremiah 51:35 HC/Ncmsc/Sp1csLeviticus 18:6 HNcmscLeviticus 18:12 HNcmscLeviticus 18:13 HNcmscLeviticus 20:19 HNcmsc/Sp3msLeviticus 21:2 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3msLeviticus 25:49 HR/NcmscMicah 3:2 HC/Ncmsc/Sp3mpMicah 3:3 HNcmscNumbers 27:11 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3msProverbs 5:11 HC/Ncmsc/Sp2msProverbs 11:17 HNcmsc/Sp3msPsalm 73:26 HNcmsc/Sp1csPsalm 78:20 HNcmsaPsalm 78:27 HNcmsa

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.